Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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